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When judging the level of technology in the IT field, a very important indicator is who can run more smoothly when doing the same thing. The smoother it is, the better the performance.

However, Internet products are not the same as hardware products.

Hardware technology supports a device and can be controlled by an object; Internet technology is an online service and cannot be controlled by an object, which may be two or three, or it may be two or three hundred million.

Therefore, when judging the high and low standards of Internet technology, one of the most crucial indicators appears-scale.

Regardless of scale, talking about smoothness is just a hooliganism.

You can even make the simplest intuitive judgment, which product has a larger user base and which product has a higher technical level, without delving into the technical details and implementation principles behind it.

If Baidu has more users than Naver, then Baidu's technology is higher; Yahoo Japan also has more users than Naver, so Yahoo Japan's technology is better than Naver.

Zhou Buqi made a simple metaphor about this, "It's like making chicken wings. The chicken wings you make are delicious and can be rated 100 points. The chicken wings made by KFC are average in taste and can only be rated 90 points. So here's the question. Okay, who is better at making chicken wings between you and KFC? KFC has thousands of stores around the world, and they all have a set of standards, and they can get 90 points every time. If you make chicken wings, you may get 100 points today, but you may not perform well tomorrow. It only scores 80 points. This is an important reference for scale at the technical application level."

Xu Baihui understood now, "So even though many Koreans are bragging, saying that Naver is very smooth to use and responds faster than Baidu. But the technical level is actually not good enough."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Of course!"

Sun Wanran also understood, "So Yahoo Korea is actually targeting the Korean market. Many technology development and product designs are based on South Korea's population of 50 million. Even if it is done well, the technical level is very limited." "

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, the core of technology is the idea and the choice of direction. If Yahoo Korea develops a certain technology that works well in the Korean market and wants to promote it globally, it will need the Yahoo Silicon Valley R\u0026D Center Secondary development. We need to expand the scale from 50 million to 500 million."

Sun Wanran suddenly realized, "That's it!"

Zhou Buqi said: "If it is really launched into the global market, then Yahoo Korea will do the work from 0 to 60 points, but the Yahoo Silicon Valley R\u0026D Center will do the work from 60 points to 100 points. It is like a small It's the same as when a child is studying. It's actually very easy for him to go from 0 to 60. It's not too difficult to go from 60 to 80. However, it's very difficult to raise it from 80 to 90. The further you go, the harder it gets. . If you want to improve your score from 95 to 100, let alone South Korea, even the domestic Internet level is not adequate, so you have to rely on Silicon Valley."

This is why from a technical perspective, only China, apart from the United States, can develop world-class Internet products. This is the technical limitation of scale.

A popular app in South Korea is doing very well in South Korea, but in fact the technical level is only 60 points. When it is put on the world stage, it is not good enough at all, that is, it is a barely passing product.

This is also the case in developed countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and Northern Europe.

It's different in China.

The country has a population of 1.4 billion.

An Internet product that has become popular in China has completely reached the technical level.

Even if it does not have 100% technology like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, it can serve more than 2 billion users around the world. But domestic technology can reach at least 95 points, which can crush most IT companies in the world from a technical level, and has the potential to compete with Silicon Valley giants such as Google and Facebook.

Zhou Buqi continued: "Internet technology is a big technology, and it is easier to develop than other high-tech technical fields. However, the limitations are also obvious, and technology and applications improve each other. Are the scientists at Naver poor? I I believe it is no worse than Baidu. The reason why technology is not as good as Baidu is because they lack a platform for growth. There are more than one billion people in China. Such a platform provides opportunities for Baidu engineers to continuously improve and improve, allowing them to We keep trying to come up with various ways to solve the problem. Naver is not good. The upper limit is 50 million people, and the technology is capped."

Xu Baihui said thoughtfully: "So even if Samsung Electronics acquires Yahoo Korea, what it buys is only 60% technology based on the Korean market of 50 million people."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yes, that's probably what it means."

Xu Baihui asked again: "But can't they grow? Slowly increase from 60 points to 90 points, 95 points, and 100 points."

Zhou Buqi said: "This is not easy. Baidu's current technology is 90 points. It has improved little by little, from 1 million users, 5 million users, 10 million users, 30 million users... to hundreds of millions of users now. , the user scale has slowly increased. The technology behind it has also slowly improved, slowly reaching today's 90-point level. Samsung now has at least 200 million users worldwide, and it needs at least a 90-point technical level to maintain its Internet Smooth running of services and software businesses.”

Xu Baihui shook her head, "I don't understand."

Sun Wanran understood, and said quickly: "Samsung's product scale and product technology have lost room for simultaneous growth. If the product scale is too large and the product technology is too low, it will be difficult to match. Unless their technology can be directly developed from 60 The score jumped to 90 points, but this is impossible."

Xu Baihui seemed to understand, "That's it..."

Sun Wanran chuckled and said: "If Samsung dares to apply its self-operated Internet service technology to Samsung products rashly, it will definitely affect the product experience, causing lags, black screens, and even crashes."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, do you know why Nokia was defeated by Apple? There are also such factors. In addition to business mistakes, there are also technical deficiencies. There has been a long-term mismatch between scale growth and technological development. Condition."

Then he explained briefly.

The iPhone was built from scratch, and the scale of the product and the development of technology have grown simultaneously.

When the product is 1 million, the service level is 1 million; when the product is 5 million, the service level is 5 million; when the product is 50 million, the level of Internet services and software business has already reached 50 million.

In this way, the iPhone can be very stable and the user experience will be very good.

When the first-generation iPhone was launched, sales far exceeded expectations and sold out!

This is a good thing and a bad thing.

Too many sales have resulted in a large user base that exceeds the established technical level that Apple can handle.

This led to many technical problems in the first-generation iPhone, not only at the hardware level, but also at the Internet service and software levels.

Nokia later launched its own operating system and also wanted to make a closed smartphone like the iPhone.

There are many reasons for failure.

There are similar technical factors.

Nokia's brand was too big. It was the world's largest mobile phone brand at the time. Once a new phone was released, it would sell millions or tens of millions of mobile phones.

This is where something goes wrong.

It’s easy to sell millions of mobile phones, but can you serve millions of users on the Internet and software? Nokia specializes in communications, semiconductors, and hardware products. This is a cross-industry entry into the Internet. When you first enter the industry, you have to face millions of users, and no one can do it.

Apple also encountered this problem of too high sales in the early days, but fortunately it was solved quickly. After all, Apple is located in Silicon Valley and has technology accumulation in iMac and iPod.

Nokia cannot do this. It must either endure user dissatisfaction or reduce the complexity of the operating system and service levels, turning high-quality services into inferior services to match its own technical level.

Whichever way you go, you will die.

Samsung mobile phones are successful because Samsung is very self-aware that such major Internet services are purchased with money. In 2007, it reached a strategic cooperation with Yahoo, and Yahoo provided them with Samsung's smart TVs and smartphones. Technical support for Internet services and software businesses.

Later, Nokia also understood and joined Microsoft's camp. These technical problems have been solved, but the brand appeal is no longer good. The market is already dominated by iPhones and Android phones, and Nokia is no longer the number one in the world.

When Zhou Buqi said this, Xu Baihui and Sun Wanran felt much more at ease.

They didn't have a good impression of Sanxingduo.

Especially after South Korea declared the "Dragon Boat Festival" a World Heritage Site, it became even more outrageous.

Boss Zhou is not trying to capitalize on the enemy, so he feels more at ease.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Buqi had something new to say, "However, these are not the most important."

"Then what's important?"

“Doing independent research and development is not an easy task!”

"Um?"

Seeing the slightly raised corners of Boss Zhou's mouth, Xu Baihui immediately smelled something familiar.

Depend on!

There is a strong and mysterious atmosphere of conspiracy!

Zhou Buqi said: "Independent research and development can eliminate strategic risks to a large extent. However, self-research will increase business risks. Research and development is a bottomless pit. Success is a fluke, and failure is fate."

Xu Baihui said tentatively: "Boss Zhou, are you setting up a trap for Samsung Electronics? Let them fall into the prisoner's dilemma of self-research?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "It's not that exaggerated. Samsung has a board of directors and a president's office. Even if it makes mistakes, it will be corrected in time and will not remain in a coma. With the strength of Samsung Electronics, if it loses a little bit in research and development, it will not be the same." It can’t shake the foundation. It can always cause them some trouble.”

Xu Baihui was very interested and asked enthusiastically: "What trouble are you creating? Tell me! The more trouble, the better. Li Zai Yong is so hateful, you have to teach him a lesson!"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Why should I teach him a lesson? He didn't mess with me. It's too late to deepen cooperation!"

Xu Baihui said with a smile: "On the surface, we deepened our cooperation, but behind the scenes, we secretly set him up."